Modern History (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?
1. Wood's Education Despatch
2. Macauley's minute on education
3. The Sargent Education Report
4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a. 2,1,4,3

b. 2,1,3,4 [1997]

c. 1,2,4,3

d. 4,3,1,3

2. Consider the following landmarks in Indian education:
1. Hindu College, Calcutta [1996]
2. University of Calcutta
3. Adam's Report
4. Wood's Despatch
The correct chronological order of these landmarks is:

a. 1,3,4,2

b. 1,4,3,2

c. 3,1,4,2

d. 3,2,4,1

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists; [1999]
List I (Books)
A. The first Indian War of Independence
B. Anand math
C. Life Divine
D. Sadhana
List II (Authors)
1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Sri Aurobindo
3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
4. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Codes:

a. A-4;B-3;C-2;D-1

b. A-3;B-4;C-1;D-2

c. A -4; B-3; C-1; D-2

d. A -3;B-4;C-1;D-1

4. Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [2000]

a. Goa attained full statehood in 1987

b. Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat

c. Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India

d. Dadra and Nagar Haweli were under French colonial rule till 1954

5. Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911.
Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read. [1998]

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation ofA

b. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation ofA

c. A is true both R is false

d. A is false but R is true

6. Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement. [1998]

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation ofA

b. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation ofA

c. A is true both R is false

d. A is false but R is true

7. The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore are classified as:

a. realistic

b. socialistic [1999]

c. revivalistic

d. impressionistic

8. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [1999]

a. 'Neel Darpan'was play based on the exploitation of the indigo farmers

b. The author of the play 'Ghashiram Kotwal's is Vijay Tendulkar

c. The play 'Navann'by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal

d. Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre

9. Which one of the following is an important historical novel written during the latter half of the nineteenth century?

a. RastGoftar

b. Durgesh Nandini [1996]

c. Maratha

d. Nibandhamala

10. The most short-lived of all of the Britain's constitutional experiments in India was the: [1999]

a. Indian Councils Act of 1861

b. Indian Councils Act of 1892

c. Indian Councils Act of 1909

d. Government oflndia Act of 1919

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